After 32 days on tour, travelling in her very own VW campervan, Nikki Loy was the support act for X Factor winning star Sam Bailey. With Nikki's witty charm and friendly face, as an audience, we knew we would be enlightened with an array of new music.
Nikki is quirky in nature and fun loving, however, having gone through a number of setbacks in her life she is still extremely “grounded and grateful for all the opportunities she has had up until this point,” which she points out as she speaks to the audience. She starts by taking us on a journey of emotions, opening her act with Tongue Tied. Her voice is rich in tone, easy listening and with the use of staccato rhythms and subtle harmony vocals we soon get the feel - as though she is standing up to the negative things in her life - and the real reason for why she is stood on stage. Nikki’s scars are plainly visible through her lyrics but she sings as a way of staunching the bleeding and sounds resolute about moving on, heard clearly in her new album titled ‘Pivotal’.
With just a guitar as accompaniment Nikki shows that she is capable of embodying deep human experiences with such regularity. The crowning touch of her achievement is the talent she shows for shaping her voice as closely as possible to the musical arrangement such as the cries in her song ‘Outskirts’.
It is clearly obvious that Nikki has been around for quite some time; having a catalogue of original songs to choose from and she ends her set with the songs she describes were written when she'd “just had enough and needed a cuddle”. In ‘Hold Me Now’. the rawness and emotion of this acoustic song really came off as a first time listener.
The next time we see and hear of Nikki Loy will most definitely not be a case of driving up and down the country in her self-build campervan but gracing festival stages alike. If you like music that takes you on a plethora of emotions then Nikki hits the nail on its head.
Review: Danielle Hedley-Jameson
Nikki is quirky in nature and fun loving, however, having gone through a number of setbacks in her life she is still extremely “grounded and grateful for all the opportunities she has had up until this point,” which she points out as she speaks to the audience. She starts by taking us on a journey of emotions, opening her act with Tongue Tied. Her voice is rich in tone, easy listening and with the use of staccato rhythms and subtle harmony vocals we soon get the feel - as though she is standing up to the negative things in her life - and the real reason for why she is stood on stage. Nikki’s scars are plainly visible through her lyrics but she sings as a way of staunching the bleeding and sounds resolute about moving on, heard clearly in her new album titled ‘Pivotal’.
With just a guitar as accompaniment Nikki shows that she is capable of embodying deep human experiences with such regularity. The crowning touch of her achievement is the talent she shows for shaping her voice as closely as possible to the musical arrangement such as the cries in her song ‘Outskirts’.
It is clearly obvious that Nikki has been around for quite some time; having a catalogue of original songs to choose from and she ends her set with the songs she describes were written when she'd “just had enough and needed a cuddle”. In ‘Hold Me Now’. the rawness and emotion of this acoustic song really came off as a first time listener.
The next time we see and hear of Nikki Loy will most definitely not be a case of driving up and down the country in her self-build campervan but gracing festival stages alike. If you like music that takes you on a plethora of emotions then Nikki hits the nail on its head.
Review: Danielle Hedley-Jameson
